2012-04-18

coming next: the corbusier chop

This probably is a world premiere. The 1950 Ford shoebox you see above will be chopped along the lines of the Modulor, an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier (1887–1965). The system is based on human measurements, the double unit, the Fibonacci numbers, and the golden ratio. Le Corbusier described it as a "range of harmonious measurements to suit the human scale, universally applicable to architecture and to mechanical things." Rad, not? The work will be executed by Kyle Phillips from San Diego, assisted by Raphael Schaub from Lucerne. Stay tuned.